Falkland Islands

STANLEY – The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has confirmed that the Concordia Bay ferry service will be suspended until at least Wednesday 20 December. The temporary suspension of ferry operations during December had been advanced […]

LONDON – The British government has purchased the technology used in the Israeli-made Iron Dome missile defense system, to be deployed in the Falkland Islands. According to Ynet, the £78 million-pound purchase will see the […]

SATNLEY – Residents of the Falkland Islands went to the polls this week, with results released earlier Friday morning. Seventeen candidates stood for election to the Legislative Assembly and have campaigned over the past month […]

BUENOS AIRES – Argentina presented on Thursday a formal protest to the United Kingdom embassy in Buenos Aires rejecting the military exercises with Rapier missiles in the Falkland Islands, scheduled to take place next week. […]

BUENOS AIRES – Eighteen Argentine high school graduates from a Catholic institution in the port-town of Ensenada, next to La Plata should be arriving in the Falkland Islands this Saturday after connecting with the LATAM […]

STANLEY – The Treasury of the Falkland Islands government have launched a new series of coins that celebrate the wedding anniversary of HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The […]

STANLEY – The Falklands have added a new island, a representative of the United Nations Commission on the Law of the Sea, has confirmed. Lithuanian geologist Professor Loof Lirpa says a new island has emerged […]

Liz Entman / vanderbilt.edu The government of Chile, in conjunction with UNESCO, has announced plans to build a museum in the southern tourist city of Puerto Montt featuring the discoveries of Vanderbilt archaeologist Tom Dillehay. […]

A Chilean professor from the Chilean British University in Santiago will be arriving in the Falkland Islands on Saturday to begin the implementation process of the MOU signed between the Islands government and the university […]